The Reluctant Parting : How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book by Julie Galambush .
Galambush has a unique viewpoint – a formerly a Baptist minister, she converted to Judaism . She moderates her formidable knowledge of the New Testament with her Jewish sensibilities, bring some much needed new context to the texts.
Her main point is to remind readers that the books of the New Testament were the work of Jewish writiers, sometimes very observant Jewish writers. Aimed at a general audience, this work will help readers find freshness in overly familiar texts. As Booklist says " One of the book's most fascinating elements is the author's analysis of how the different Gospels and letters interface with one another and what they say about those who wrote them and those for whom they were written."
